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Re: Distributed File Systems. Which is best?

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Subject: Re: Distributed File Systems. Which is best?
From: Austin Gonyou <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 18 Mar 2002 16:57:52 -0600
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So..those are not true distributed FS in the way that GFS,PolyServe, etc
are. I'd say that because GFS and PolyServe have block level locking. In
terms of a network filesystem though, that they are. 

On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 16:37, pac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>   
>   Anyone use or care about:
> 
>  a. Coda
>  b. Intermezzo
> 
>   Does Coda have its own filesystem, or does it use an underlying FS?
>  Intermezzo tries to use the underlying FS.
> 
>  What are the advantages/disadvantages to each from your perspective? 
> 
>   Thanks,
> 
> -Phil Carinhas
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